RJ Mitte (Walt Jr) has passed 😥

[u/Boring_Elevator3817]

Wow, I was shocked to hear this. They are saying it was suicide. So sad. He was only 34 years old. RIP, Flynn ❤️

[u/Teuhcatl]

Could be "smiling depression" like Robin Williams, externally showing high spirits, inside they might be having a very hard time.

[u/TundieRice → u/Teuhcatl]

While it’s definitely true that Robin Williams struggled with depression, let’s not forget that Robin Williams killed himself because of his Lewy Body Dementia.

I know you probably didn’t mean it like this, but I think it’s important to make the distinction because Robin Williams seems to be a lot of folks’ example of “just because someone seems happy on the outside, that doesn’t mean they can’t also be suicidal.”

I think Robin did what he did partially out of fear and worry for his family having to deal with someone who would soon become unrecognizable to them as the person they loved. So while we definitely shouldn’t minimize his depression, I also hate that people forget that Robin Williams at the end of his life was going through an entirely new and tragic condition, on top of the one that the Robin they saw smiling and laughing through interviews growing up was going through.

[u/vavavoomdaroom → u/TundieRice]

My grandfather had it and declined rapidly, all within a year. He had to be on a locked down ward because he tried to strangle my grandma while she was driving.

[u/DreamOfV → u/Teuhcatl]

Robin Williams didn’t just have depression, he had Lewy body disease that was causing severe paranoia and probably dementia. His symptoms started less than a year before he died, probably a year of absolute physical and mental misery

[u/Bobjoejj → u/Teuhcatl]

Atypical Depression.